Level Lock/Unlock

Greenkirby21

So basically, my game is this, when you start the game, there are levels to choose from. When you first begin the game, level 1 is "unlocked", and once you beat level 1, it unlocks number 2. I am confused how to implement this. Do i basically make an attribute for EACH level, set 0 for locked, and set 1 for unlocked. Once that level is completele, set the next level to unlocked How would I save this so when a person quits, it remembers all the levels?

Thanks! You guys are awesome

hrsmedia

Hey try this out - http://gamesalad.com/game/10083

http://www.4shared.com/file/lZp0z-iF/LevelUnlockDemo01.html

Greenkirby21

wow thanks a lot!!

nocry

i did everything but i still did not get it

jonmulcahy

I have two attributes:

currentLevel and completedLevel

currentLevel starts at 1 for level 1, and completedLevel starts at 0

at the end of level 1, right before you change the scene, change completedLevel to currentLevel
at the start of level 2, set currentLevel to 2

at the end of level 2, right before you change the scene, change completedLevel to currentLevel
at the start of level 3, set currentLevel to 3

at the end of level 3, right before you change the scene, change completedLevel to currentLevel
at the start of level 4, set currentLevel to 4

so on and so forth

so, on the level unlock screen, lets say you're altering level 10. Put code on it that says:

if completedLevel >= 10 show unlock graphic and if touched, goto level 10

otherwise
show locked graphic

something like that should work

jonmulcahy

I'm throwing together a quick template I'll post it soon

jonmulcahy

ugg,gs just crashed and I lost it. I'll redo it later and post it

OldAccountPlzIgnore

@jonmulcahy Dam that way is so much easier than the way I did it in my current game. I have about 35 booleans.

jonmulcahy

my first game has over 200 unneeded booleans

you should SEE the code I used to change levels, that was when I tried to make everything a prototype actor, and before "change scene -> next scene was an option"

it takes 5 minutes to open that actor.

JGary321

I think we would all be surprised to see our first games rule-sets. What a waste of performance. I could certainly do it a LOT better with what I know now.

Greenkirby21

I am confused. Where in your code do you have the "locked" text. I keep looking for it in your project. For example, I am trying to find where you are putting the "Level 2 is locked". I can't find it. I basically just want mine to say "locked"

Greenkirby21

never mind i see it was in the else statement : ). thanks